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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 09/10/2026
The Santa Cruz-founded coffee company had recently introduced Claude-powered evaluations for baristas, causing concern among employees that this software would impact recommendations for promotions or disciplinary actions.
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Unionized Verve Coffee workers are voting on contract agreements that include an AI clause
The contract is the first to be reached among the recently unionized specialty coffee shops in the Bay Area
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 07/10/2026
The huge line outside Anthropic's Tech Week pop-up has become a party all its own, where hundreds of tech workers are networking, streaming, flirting, and pitching their startups at one another. "It's the hottest place to be," one line-stander said.
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The hottest club at Tech Week is a line
This line has everything: Anthropic super fans, promotional coffee, free API credits, and women with phone numbers
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 07/10/2026
Memphis-made rosette ribbons and bragging rights await the winning contestants in the inaugural Golden State Pie Contest this Saturday! Anyone from shaky-handed amateurs to homecook heroes and professional bakers are welcome to enter pies of sweet or savory varieties, so long as they're homemade.
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Winner bakes all: the search for San Francisco’s best pie
Bakers from across the city are converging on Potrero Hill to flex their flour power
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 06/10/2026
Will San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie pay a political price for endorsing Manny Yekutiel? After some hesitation, the mayor endorsed the Supervisor candidate, even after Yekutiel was accused of sexual assault. Lurie withdrew his endorsement after a second and third allegation surfaced:
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Will the Manny mess hurt Mayor Lurie?
A cautious politician may have let friendship cloud his judgment
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 06/10/2026
Come celebrate the upcoming release of San Francisco-based writer and cook Garrett Schlichte’s debut collection of essays, Dinner Party Stories, with curator Michael Foulk and our friends at Kitchen Table this Sunday, October 11th! ᯓ★ We at Gazetteer are proud media sponsors of this event :)
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Live life deliciously at Litquake’s ‘Out on the Table’ food writer talk
Garrett Schlichte, Gaby Maeda, Jennifer Barone, and Michael Foulk to discuss food and identity at Nosh Box
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 06/10/2026
The Richmond is having a moment. Paolo Bicchieri takes the pulse of the neighborhood: sf.gazetteer.co/will-success...
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Will success spoil the Richmond?
As the once low-key neighborhood is attracting everyone from Bi-Rite to Zendaya, residents and small business owners are bracing for impact
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 05/10/2026
This week, we're breaking down Pope Leo's declaration against AI-generated art, Anthropic's closed-door meetings with religious leaders, the VCs rumored to be renting out theaters to watch the new Elizabeth Holmes doc, and other things that make us say, "What a time to be alive." Read the rundown:
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Paul Graham takes on Pope Leo XIV (Biblical fail!)
Plus, AI finally gives us something of value: A fun new meme
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 05/10/2026
Max Blue talked to Susan O’Malley’s friends and collaborators in advance of SFMOMA’s tribute to her life and work: sf.gazetteer.co/she-knew-tha...
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‘She knew that the answers were in the art’: SFMOMA pays tribute to Susan O’Malley
The Bay Area artist’s work continues to find viewers a decade after her death
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 05/10/2026
Happy Hardly Strictly, y’all
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 03/10/2026
After new allegations of sexual assault pushed Manny Yekutiel to suspend his campaign last week, progressive Gary McCoy is suddenly at the front of the D8 supervisor race.
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Gary McCoy is done with half-measures on homelessness
The D8 candidate knows the struggle with drugs and the city’s social safety net firsthand. As the mayor cuts key services and personnel, McCoy is done with ‘Doing the same thing over and over again’
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 02/10/2026
Supervisor candidate Manny Yekutiel just dropped out of the race after more victims came forward to allege he sexually assaulted them. Here's our commentary on why Daniel Lurie and the city's Democratic leadership didn't just fail the victims, but utterly humiliated themselves in the process.
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Manny Yekutiel’s failed power grab
What the cafe owner and would-be D8 supervisor’s campaign implosion tells us about how power works (and doesn’t work) in San Francisco
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 01/10/2026
Haight bar owner Cyril Hackett was charged this week with second degree robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies. These charges could impact his ability to operate his three bars, Mad Dog in the Fog, Kezar Pub, and Murio’s Trophy Room.
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Mad Dog, Kezar Pub owner caught on tape with baseball bat could lose alcohol licenses after charges
Cyril Hackett has been charged with two felonies, second degree robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, following a parking dispute
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Ben Zotto @bzotto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A nice piece on Bonnie Bridges, the local architect responsible for the design of like fully half of all the cafés, restaurants, and shops that have defined "San Francisco cool" ever since I moved to the city. @cydhayes.bsky.social
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It’s Studio BBA’s city, we just live in it
Whether you’ve dined at Mister Jiu’s, caffeinated at Tartine, or worked 9-9-6 from an industrial-chic AI office, you’ve probably spent time in the handsome world created by this little-known architect...
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 01/10/2026
An anonymously built website, Sunset Dunes Visitors, attempts an apolitical count of how many pedestrians, joggers and cyclists use the coastal park.
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An anonymously-created website visualizes Sunset Dunes’ popularity
Built in a weekend using Surfline cameras, the site isn’t meant to be political
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 01/10/2026
About 1,500 nurses, adminstators, and union organizers marched from the Marriott in SoMa to ICE headquarters on Sansome Street this afternoon, demanding their employers stop using Palantir's AI software immediately. "It's breaking confidentiality laws," one nurse said.
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Nurses union takes to Market Street to demand ‘Palantir out!’ of their hospitals
Outraged by AI meddling in staffing, bed placement, and patient data, health care workers say they’ve have had enough
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 30/09/2026
SCOOP: Saikat Chakrabarti may have lost in the June primary to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress, but he's putting money where his mouth is. He's spent $1.4 million this summer to boost Connie Chan and other progressives around the country, and he's not done:
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Saikat Chakrabarti is still pumping money into SF’s left
The former congressional candidate wants Connie Chan in DC, and he’s dropped an additional $1.4 million this summer to aid her campaign and others across the country
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 30/09/2026
Brooklyn’s The Four Horsemen is partnering with Day Moon for a party on Monday Oct. 5. Tickets are sold out, but you may still try to get in after 8: sf.gazetteer.co/behold-a-whi...
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Behold, a white wine: The Four Horsemen is coming to Day Moon
A tiny, press-shy bakery on Irving Street is hosting a party with a Brooklyn bar co-founded by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. You probably won’t get in, but you should try
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 30/09/2026
Four years after water damage from an apartment fire upstairs closed the neighborhood staple Oasis Cafe, there are signs of life at the corner storefront on Divisadero and McAllister Streets.
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A new cafe called Cafe MD is taking over the old Oasis Cafe space on Divisadero
The storefront on the corner of McAllister has been empty for four years following a fire
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 29/09/2026
We sat down with District 8 supervisor candidate Gary McCoy to talk about his time living on the sidewalks of the Castro — and why San Francisco's efforts to address homelessness have failed. There are solutions, and they don't involve handcuffs, he says:
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Gary McCoy is done with half-measures on homelessness
The D8 candidate knows the struggle with drugs and the city’s social safety net firsthand. As the mayor cuts key services and personnel, McCoy is done with ‘Doing the same thing over and over again’
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 29/09/2026
We're excited to welcome back Megan Rose Dickey to Gazetteer as our managing editor. sf.gazetteer.co/allow-megan-...
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Allow Megan to reintroduce herself
Megan Rose Dickey returns to Gazetteer SF as our managing editor
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the chat, @gilduran.com!
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 29/09/2026
Tonight, 300+ people will gather at Club Fugazi to hear from journalist @gilduran.com, whose bestselling book “The Nerd Reich” has everyone talking about Silicon Valley’s rightward lurch — and what might happen next. We chatted with Gil about the book, his readers’ top FAQ, and his next project.
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The rise (and rise) of the nerd reich
‘The Nerd Reich’ author Gil Durán connected the dots from Silicon Valley to the White House to the possible end of the world. He may take on Gavin Newsom next
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 28/09/2026
We walked 50,000 steps over the weekend to document all the best, amusing, and odd moments from Portola Music Festival, which just celebrated its fifth year in SF. It might be the finest festival in the city. Here's your cheat sheet:
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Five years in, Portola heats up
The music festival’s growing pains are over and the party at Pier 80 is a raver’s dream
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 28/09/2026
This week in our Manic Monday roundup, we break down that video from the pro-data center party in Washington, D.C. — and the ensuing discourse about one journalist who made a "data-center-neutral" speech there.
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The hottest tech party we’re happy we missed
Plus, Dario Amodei is being dragged everywhere, so to speak
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 28/09/2026
You know the look: Wood beams, ceramic tiles, exposed brick walls, lots of plants, sunlight, and — of course — affluent tech people. For 30 years, Studio BBA has designed cafes, offices, and homes all over San Francisco. Now their vision has become what one could argue is *the* modern SF aesthetic.
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It’s Studio BBA’s city, we just live in it
Whether you’ve dined at Mister Jiu’s, caffeinated at Tartine, or worked 9-9-6 from an industrial-chic AI office, you’ve probably spent time in the handsome world created by this little-known architect...
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 25/09/2026
For this month's Drinking Companion, Olivia, urged by Matt, who had tired of seeing so many synonyms for “dive,” set off for a bar with no tall cans of PBR, busted ATM machines, or wall-mounted bike racks...
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Drinking Companion: At Persona, you can be whoever you want, especially a Tech Bro
A dimly lit Lower Nob Hill bar made for terrific cocktails and terrible conversations
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 25/09/2026
MOCK THE VOTE: Read our not-so serious guide to a somewhat serious election sf.gazetteer.co/the-gazettee...
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THE GAZETTEER SF 2026 VOTER GUIDE
Our handy, non-exhaustive, totally unscientific guide to the people, policies, and issues that matter most in November 2026
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 25/09/2026
Introducing A Fan’s Notes, a new column about the Golden State Valkyries by Megan Rose Dickey: sf.gazetteer.co/valkyries-wn...
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The Valkyries to Face Dallas Wings in WNBA Playoffs Round 1
The Golden State Valkyries are playoff bound. First up, the Dallas Wings on Sunday at the Chase Center.
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 24/09/2026
The election is right around the corner, but there’s still plenty of time to study our 2026 voter guide: sf.gazetteer.co/the-gazettee...
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THE GAZETTEER SF 2026 VOTER GUIDE
Our handy, non-exhaustive, totally unscientific guide to the people, policies, and issues that matter most in November 2026
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 24/09/2026
One of our lovely readers cut out Flat Lurie from Gaz Issue 002 and took him on an adventure through SFO :D We think the real not-flat Lurie should consider plaid!
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 24/09/2026
Mayor Lurie’s highly-publicized warning about new opioid came only hours after a NYT story detailing a teenager’s overdose death. The amped-up media coverage risks “conflating our feelings about a devastating loss with preserving constitutional rights for the accused,” one defense lawyer said.
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The New York Times and the mayor sound a public health alarm
A well-timed article and press conference about a new street drug could potentially complicate a criminal trial
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 24/09/2026
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 23/09/2026
Mayra Bracamontes said of the family business, “I realized that I just love it and it makes so much sense to stick to it, water the plants, and take care of this beautiful family tradition.”
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Chula Cafe brings a 150-year legacy of coffee to the Dogpatch
Beans from the owners’ family farm in Chiapas have been caffeinating generations of San Franciscans since 1871
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 22/09/2026
Max the Cat, enjoying this quarter’s print issue of Gazetteer. Yes, Max is very advanced for a cat. In fact, he sent us this photo himself
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 22/09/2026
Portola Music Festival is back this weekend, and we wanted to shout out the local artists who are performing on the big stages at Pier 80. Here's who you ought to know... and make sure to catch them at SF's dance music venues, too:
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Meet the hometown heroes of Portola Festival
These local artists are representing at San Francisco’s biggest dance music event at Pier 80
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 22/09/2026
@sfchronicle.com has news that the Ripley’s Believe it or Not at Fisherman’s Wharf will be closing after 60 years. Last year, Julie Zigoris told the spooky tale of its predecessor, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic: sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
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When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf
For a few years in the 1970s, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic cast a spell on San Francisco tourists
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 21/09/2026
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 21/09/2026
Scenes from the 47th annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 19/09/2026
Prost! As of today, Oktoberfest has officially begun — and no one is more prepared than this decades-old men’s club. In fact, they “train” at local bars and biergartens all year long.
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For the Hacker Herren, every day is Oktoberfest
Hoisting a pint with members of the nationwide beer-guzzling men’s club as they train for Munich
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 18/09/2026
“How do we stop this revolving door of mega corporations abandoning the neighborhood?"
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Fillmore, Japantown, and Western Addition residents rally for a co-op grocery
After the big chains left their neighborhoods without reasonable grocery access, these residents are hoping to make something work
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 17/09/2026
Julia Ryan, the former director of growth at SF Standard, spoke to Gazetteer about her lawsuit, which alleges a systemic bias against women at the company. “This is the CEO, this isn’t just a colleague. This is the person who really sets the tone for the company.” sf.gazetteer.co/ive-just-nev...
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‘I’ve just never seen an environment that was so inappropriate’: Former SF Standard director of growth alleges sexual harassment and retaliation
A complaint filed last week on behalf of Julia Ryan names the newsroom’s parent company and its CEO Griffin Gaffney
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 17/09/2026
San Francisco cyclists have long been familiar with the cryptic symbols and images populating the city’s bike lanes, which produce feelings ranging from scorn to delight. Gazetteer has finally decoded their origin, if not necessarily their meaning…
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Bike lane markings of the damned
Deciphering the messy, sometimes bizarre, temporary bike lane markings across the city
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Cydney Hayes @cydhayes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hard not to feel insane as a tech reporter when last week was all “AI is gonna kill us all imminently” and this week it’s this
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 16/09/2026
In August, we finally got to speak (on a payphone, no less) with "Scooter," a mastermind behind the upcoming Daniel Lurie adult film. Scooter promised five minutes, but we managed to get a little bit more from him.
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A quickie with the man behind ‘Let’s Blow San Francisco’
‘Scooter’ hopped into a phone booth (really) to discuss his 40-page script for a Daniel Lurie-themed porno and his ongoing difficulty finding his leading mayor
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 15/09/2026
Three former employees of Daeho Kalbijjim and Beef Soup, the acclaimed Korean restaurant chain with locations in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, have sued the company, alleging unpaid wages and patterns of sexual and racial harassment.
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Korean restaurant chain Daeho sued by three ex-employees, alleging unpaid wages and harassment
The California Civil Rights Department granted their attorney the go-ahead to file the lawsuit
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 15/09/2026
“I think Marc Benioff wants to do the right thing... Salesforce has done a lot to be really inclusive,” one Dreamforce attendee who stopped by the protest said. “But when they are providing software that enables ICE to do what they do, it feels like they don’t share my values.”
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Dreamforce protestors demand Marc Benioff ‘support democracy’
Despite his ICE jokes and closeness to Trump, union organizers and activists believe the Salesforce CEO will still fight for progressive causes
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Cydney Hayes @cydhayes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ll be covering Dreamforce all week! Send me tips on Signal at cyd.01 ✉️ Or if you see me running around the Moscone in my Gazetteer hat come say hi :D
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 14/09/2026
Is it the end of humanity, a political conspiracy, or a secret third thing? We break down the feverish doomsday narrative spurred by AI researchers in this week's Manic Monday.
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What should we make of the AI doomsday campaign?
Plus, Daniel Lurie fumbles a TikTok post (RARE!)
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Matt Haber @habermatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy 50th @motherjones.com! You’re still kicking ass.
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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 14/09/2026
At the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, our city reporter Joel Rosenblatt encountered Batman and Buddha, Shiva, Shakti, and Jesus. He also interviewed the people practicing Jungian therapy, which seems like a possible antidote to the craziness enveloping our daily lives.
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Jung people these days
Plumbing the depths of the Mission’s C.G. Jung Institute, where symbols are interpreted and archetypes are interrogated
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